TikTok Profile Scraper

A simple Apify actor for scraping public TikTok profile information by username.

Features

• Scrape TikTok public profile metadata
• Extract follower, following, likes, and video counts
• Retrieve profile images and bio details
• Detect verified, business, and organization accounts
• Export structured JSON datasets
• Compatible with Apify datasets and integrations

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Input

The actor accepts the following input schema:

{
  "usernames": ["nike"],
  "maxRequestsPerCrawl": 100
}

Input Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
usernames	Array	Yes	List of TikTok usernames to scrape
maxRequestsPerCrawl	Integer	No	Maximum number of requests allowed during crawling

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Example Input

{
  "usernames": [
    "nike",
    "tiktok"
  ],
  "maxRequestsPerCrawl": 50
}

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Output

The actor returns one dataset item per TikTok profile.

Example Output

{
    "id": "208464585232822272",
    "short_id": null,
    "username": "nike",
    "nickname": "Nike",
    "profile_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@nike",
    "bio": "Just Do It.",
    "sec_uid": "MS4wLjABAAAA_3ndMt8d_tECTdpKgCxcx238tOnQZX-20wqN01aMui5zQ7hsqSdff-jC5qYC-Cl_",
    "avatar_thumb": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast5-avt-0068-tx/e0b0ac7b6ad6447a8e923fd1eb162f2c~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:100:100.jpeg?dr=9640&refresh_token=ebb4791e&x-expires=1780077600&x-signature=MaWd%2BW3qDZXfY5ihVjq1Yyh12eE%3D&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast8",
    "avatar_medium": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast5-avt-0068-tx/e0b0ac7b6ad6447a8e923fd1eb162f2c~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:720:720.jpeg?dr=9640&refresh_token=d7d1ff35&x-expires=1780077600&x-signature=%2BuzBappc2U3i6upYlKoKlwoJz48%3D&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast8",
    "avatar_large": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast5-avt-0068-tx/e0b0ac7b6ad6447a8e923fd1eb162f2c~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.jpeg?dr=9640&refresh_token=ddc24662&x-expires=1780077600&x-signature=BWQPO7cRoY3v6UEadq%2FG%2FweWYGs%3D&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast8",
    "verified": true,
    "private_account": false,
    "is_secret": false,
    "is_commerce_account": true,
    "commerce_category": "Sports, Fitness & Outdoors",
    "is_seller": false,
    "is_organization": true,
    "is_ad_virtual": false,
    "is_embed_banned": false,
    "ftc": false,
    "bio_link": "http://empli.fi/niketiktok",
    "language": "en",
    "created_at": 1490044565,
    "created_at_iso": "2017-03-20T21:16:05.000Z",
    "username_last_changed_at": 0,
    "nickname_last_changed_at": 0,
    "followers": 8500000,
    "following": 90,
    "likes": 43600000,
    "video_count": 1075,
    "digg_count": 0,
    "friend_count": 41,
    "duet_setting": 0,
    "stitch_setting": 0,
    "comment_setting": 0,
    "download_setting": 0,
    "following_visibility": 2,
    "open_favorite": false,
    "relation": 0,
    "profile_tabs": {
        "music": false,
        "questions": true,
        "playlists": true,
        "can_expand_playlist": true
    },
    "is_live": false,
    "room_id": null,
    "recommend_reason": null,
    "canonical_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@nike",
    "share_title": "Nike on TikTok",
    "share_desc": "@nike 8.5m Followers, 90 Following, 43.6m Likes - Watch awesome short videos created by Nike"
}

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Available Output Fields

Profile Information

• id
• short_id
• username
• nickname
• profile_url
• bio
• sec_uid

Profile Images

• avatar_thumb
• avatar_medium
• avatar_large

Account Status

• verified
• private_account
• is_secret
• is_commerce_account
• is_seller
• is_organization
• is_ad_virtual
• is_embed_banned

Engagement Metrics

• followers
• following
• likes
• video_count
• digg_count
• friend_count

Settings & Visibility

• duet_setting
• stitch_setting
• comment_setting
• download_setting
• following_visibility
• open_favorite

Additional Metadata

• language
• bio_link
• created_at
• created_at_iso
• canonical_url
• share_title
• share_desc

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Dataset View

The default dataset overview includes:

• Avatar
• Username
• Display name
• Verification status
• Followers
• Likes
• Video count
• Following count
• Bio
• Business category
• Profile URL
• Account creation date

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Usage

Run on Apify

1. Open the actor in Apify Console
2. Enter TikTok usernames
3. Start the actor
4. Export the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel

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Notes

• Only publicly accessible TikTok profiles can be scraped.
• Large crawls may be rate-limited by TikTok.
• Data availability depends on TikTok privacy settings.